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Getting started in this crazy businessWhether you are a student just starting to think about photojournalism, or a seasoned professional looking to gain a few new skills, this area of SportsShooter.com is designed to help you make the most of your educational efforts. Thanks to Brooks Institute of Photography for helping us with the creation and upkeep of this area.

| SportsShooter.com Staff | Feb 2, 2010| Los Angeles-based freelance photographer Dustin Snipes won the title of "2009 SportsShooter.com Photographer of the Year," marking the third time he has won the title. His prize, a C...

| Jim McNay | Jan 19, 2010| The award for best new entry in the photo night event sweepstakes has to go to Los Angeles's new Annenberg Space for Photography.
The organizationís series of themed print shows l...

| Susan Bloom, Brooks Institute | Jan 9, 2010| This is the schedule for Brooks Instituteís School of Visual Journalism Guest Speaker Series for January / February 2010. This series is an exciting line up including a variety of ca...

| Jared Dort | Dec 18, 2009| Itís December again, an insane time for us photographers, our families and pretty much everyone else in the world. Weíre all preparing for the holiday season in some fashion, and tha...

| Matthew McClain | Dec 18, 2009| The day Scripps Howard announced it was closing its flagship paper, The Rocky Mountain News, I was on assignment on the far western part of Colorado. I was working on a contin...

| Andy Rogers | Dec 18, 2009| As a photographer at the former Seattle Post-Intelligencer, I always looked forward to our annual holiday party. It was a chance to enjoy the company of my colleagues in a lai...

| Gary Miller | Dec 18, 2009| A week ago I had the opportunity to speak to Christopher Churchill a talented freelance photographer from Boston who just opened his show "Faith" at the FOVEA gallery (http://www.foveaexhibitions.org/...

| Trent Nelson, The Salt Lake Tribune | Dec 18, 2009| While the economic situation for photojournalism in 2009 was miserable, the work produced was amazing. Here are some of my favorite stories, sites, and essays, listed chronologically through 2009.
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| Andrew Watson | Dec 18, 2009| My first experience with the Canon 5D Mark II came when working with cinematographer Robert Humphreys on a PBS documentary. Up to that point, I had written off the 5D due to the lac...

| Myung Chun, The Los Angeles Times | Dec 18, 2009| With the introduction of video-capable DSLRs from Nikon and Canon, a new workflow was needed to handle the files coming out of these cameras. Editing Nikon's MotionJPEG and Canonís H...

| Diane Weiss, The Detroit Free Press | Dec 18, 2009| The Detroit Free Press would love to have an intern. Unfortunately, we have not been able to hire one for more a year and a half.
So, in this shrinking job market, I cannot...

| Kevin Fujii, The Seattle Times | Dec 18, 2009| You're being tested.
An intern applicant faces a small series of challenges to begin the journalism process. From this day forward, think of your internship or job application as ...

| Robert Beck, Sports Illustrated | Dec 18, 2009| Okay, you want to get into sports photography.
Looking at assisting as a good way to break in? Good choice. You get paid (usually), earn valuable experience and afford yourself a...

| Eugene Tanner | Nov 9, 2009| My typical routine when I wake up in the morning is to make a pot of coffee and fire up my computer, get on the Internet and read up on the latest news that happened over night. This...

| Rafael Agustin Delgado | Nov 9, 2009| The recent MLB playoffs here in Southern California were short, but still a memorable experience. I did not have one photo published, or a single byline however the experience was a...

| Kohl Threlkeld | Nov 9, 2009| I was driving home from my parent's home in Tennessee after a much-needed escape from school last spring. I had been contemplating my summer plans, and I decided I wanted to try some...

| Robert Hanashiro, Sports Shooter | Nov 9, 2009| THE coolest sports photography event of the year returns next spring featuring a full schedule of local events for participants to cover including NCAA Division I sports.
Sports S...

| Sports Shooter Staff | Oct 26, 2009| The COOLEST sports photography event of the year is now open for applications.
To attend Sports Shooter Academy VII, download the application form and read the details on the proc...

| Sports Shooter Staff | Oct 15, 2009| Sports Shooter Academy VII will be held April 7 - 10, 2010 in Southern California. The Academy is a hands-on, shooting workshop and the schedule will again feature NCAA Division I sp...